Subject: Cambodia

The Centre for Study of Humanitarian Law (CSHL) recently held their fourth academic conference on human rights at the Royal University of Law and Economics in Phenom Penh. Director of RWI’s Phenom Penh office, Hanna Johnsson, who presented some welcoming remarks, said the event was an important way to strengthen the focus on human rights…

Sokseila Bun has been working at RWI’s Phnom Penh Office since 2013. We sat down to find out more about his work at RWI. Bun didn’t plan to work in human rights and initially studied business but his first job at the International Justice Mission changed his perspective. Initially, I probably wanted to be rich…

Mostafa Sen joined RWI as a programme officer in Cambodia because he believes in the institute’s approach to impact change by targeting the next generation through the higher education institutes with human rights education and research. Mostafa Sen has coordinated programmes in the areas of human rights, democracy and sustainable development in Cambodia for the…

Students and management at the University of Battambang in Cambodia recently took part, for the first time, in a workshop on human rights research and methodology. The event was in line with Raoul Wallenberg Institute’s approach to expand human rights education to universities outside of Phnom Penh and to strengthen capacities of academic institutions…

Mengchhun Kheang is one of 12 recent recipients of an RWI scholarship given to Cambodians to obtain their Master’s in International Human Rights Law in Cambodia in a programme RWI has supported the Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia (PUC) to develop. It is the only master’s programme in human rights offered in Cambodia. Kheang currently holds…

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